Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vision Zero

DOT: No Plans for Park Avenue Bike Infrastructure After Recent Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2014 | 17 Comments

DOT will consider design changes at the Park Avenue intersection in East Harlem where drivers have recently killed three cyclists, but there are no plans for new bike infrastructure along the Park Avenue viaduct. Livery cab driver Nojeem Odunfa hit cyclist Jerrison Garcia at Park Avenue and E. 108th Street Monday morning, reportedly dragging Garcia […]

The Gulf Between NYPD’s Street Safety Message and Police Behavior

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2014 | 22 Comments

Altered #OperationSafeCycle pamphlet to accurately reflect reality. (cc: @KeeganNYC @bikesnobnyc @NYPDnews) #bikeNYC pic.twitter.com/T2jPendNvb — Andrew Yackira (@thel200ster) August 14, 2014 It’s day two of NYPD’s bike enforcement blitz, and for all its professed good intentions, image-wise the department isn’t doing itself any favors. There is a gulf between NYPD messaging, improved as it is, and […]

Streetfilms: Talking Traffic Safety at the Home of Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Aug 8, 2014 | 5 Comments

Clarence Eckerson shot this great interview with Mary Beth Kelly of Families for Safe Streets and Claes Tingvall, director of traffic safety for the Swedish Transport Administration. On Queen Street in Stockholm, a car-free plaza once “choked” with vehicle traffic, and standing within sight of the parliament building where Vision Zero took shape in the […]

Map Out Which Streets Need Safety Fixes — It’s Now or Never

By Stephen Miller | Jul 31, 2014 | 7 Comments

This is it — the last day to mark dangerous street conditions on the city’s official Vision Zero map. After today, agencies will start using the information from the map to make plans for safety improvements, so spend a few minutes this afternoon and tell the city where you want safer streets for walking and […]

TA Vision Zero Report: NYPD Traffic Enforcement Up, But Wildly Uneven

By Brad Aaron | Jul 31, 2014 | No Comments

NYPD increased enforcement of dangerous traffic violations during the first six months of the city’s Vision Zero initiative, but enforcement varied drastically from precinct to precinct, with some issuing fewer summonses than last year. In “Report Card: Six Months of Vision Zero Traffic Enforcement” [PDF], Transportation Alternatives analyzed NYPD summons data from January through June. TA […]

NYPD: No Reason to Investigate Greenway Crash That Hospitalized Cyclist

By Brad Aaron | Jul 30, 2014 | 69 Comments

A witness to the aftermath of a Hudson River Greenway crash that sent a cyclist to the hospital says NYPD officers, including personnel from the Collision Investigation Squad, said they did not intend to investigate the cause of the collision, explaining to bystanders that it was an “accident” while blaming the cyclist. Just after 9:30 […]

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